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tomorrow warm still, degrees, tomorrow warm still, probably the best day of the week but thursday a chance of some thundery showers. not everywhere is seeing beautiful weather, pretty disappointing in north berwick with a lot of cloud and some rain, some quite heavy and in an in peter moisture to move from the continent and i could spoil. they are showers so they could be very hit and miss some may get them, some not, but if you catch one they could be significant and could cause some problems with some flooding. a few sharp showers further north and east but a better day, prior and brighter. likely to stay warm on friday and into the weekend. thank you. thank you. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime... north korea says it has launched a missile which they claim is capable of reaching any corner of the globe. state tv claim the intercontinental ballistic missile landed in the sea of japan ballistic missile landed in the sea ofjapan and ballistic missile landed in the sea of japan and the ballistic missile landed in the sea ofjapan and the north korean leader watched as it was launched. that's all from the bbc news at one so it's goodbye from me and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s
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news teams where you are. you are watching bbc news. i am here with the ball bbc sport. it's the second day at wimbledon — with the ball bbc sport. at least one more british player will make it through to the second round. katherine downes came safely through the opening day. we've had a couple of hours play already, but centre court isjust getting going. what a day it is for the centre court crowd. we will get to novak djokovic and roger federer double later. their opener is angelique kerber, the world number one, who
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has the honour of raising the curtain on centre court today. she is the defeated finalist from last year and is the defeated finalist from last yearand in the is the defeated finalist from last year and in the absence of serena williams, angelique kerber is first out against the american qualifier. she looks like she's doing 0k. she will be aware as well that not only is she the beaten finalist, the world number one, but there are four other women in the women's drawer baying for her position at the top of the world rankings and a poor performance here will see her lose her position at the top of the world rankings. wide open, isn't it? you mention those two names in the men's drawer. we are seeing the other half after arie mundie —— andy murray went through. he will be keeping an eye on those. if you didn't see him
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yesterday you definitely want to be here today. you have novak djokovic and roger federer on. novak djokovic on second against the world number 47 martin klizan. should be a fairly straightforward opening match. djokovic is the three—time wimbledon champion. 13 time grand slam,. but he's had a disappointing run of grand slams recently. he won in eastbourne recently. upsurge on centre court, is roger federer. what a magnificent champion he is. wimbledon royalty. 35 years old, a father of four, in his 70th grand
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slam, going for his eighth wimbledon title. his 19th grand slam total in total. no other player gets as good perhaps andy murray. and federer ta kes perhaps andy murray. and federer takes on a very experienced player from ukraine, ranked 8a. takes on a very experienced player from ukraine, ranked 84. talking of wimbledon royalty, the likes of federer and djokovic, those players eve ryo ne federer and djokovic, those players everyone wants to see, but the lower reaches you think of someone like alex waller at and just getting to wimbledon is a big achievement in itself. —— alex ward. wimbledon is a big achievement in itself. -- alex ward. we haven't seen a qualifier as low ranked as him in years. even if you are
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talking about his opponent today, who is 50th in the world, kyle edmund was given a bit of a shock by alex ward earlier. he lost the first set. but then won the next two. so it looks like it could be a quite easy win for kyle edmund. it is alex ward's mamma's 60th birthday to do. —— today. ward's mamma's 60th birthday to do. -- today. thank you. there is some other sport going on. there is some other sport going on. the tour de france is making its way in its fourth stage from luxembourg to france. i'll be back in the next hour. more now on the request from england's chief medical officer who wants millions of nhs patients to be offered genetic
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testing within five years. professor dame sally davies says mapping dna could lead to more personalised treatments for cancer, and some rare diseases. patient confidentiality campaigners say the government isn't doing enough to keep such information secure. with me is toby knight — someone who knows how difficult and devastating cancer can be. toby is in support of dna mapping and is part of a project called 100,000 genomes. first of all, when i say you know personally, both your parents died from cancer. yes. and you yourself have been treated for it as well. for some reason it has gone down both sides of the family, there isn't a lot of cancer on either side, but it has decided to take more of a central route. my mum's dad died when he was 37, my dad died from leukaemia, and i had my turn in
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november 2000 13. from leukaemia, and i had my turn in november 200013. 50 from leukaemia, and i had my turn in november 2000 13. so why are from leukaemia, and i had my turn in november 200013. so why are you so keen on dna mapping? the more we can learn earlier on about genetic anomalies, why cells change, there isa anomalies, why cells change, there is a better chance... i'm not doing it for me, it is more for other people. but the main thing is to get more people on board. with better treatments, more research, so that people in the future hopefully we'll be able to get some benefit from that. but it is very clever. for example, someone that. but it is very clever. for example, someone i was speaking to recently was saying you could have a cancerfor a while, recently was saying you could have a cancer for a while, and recently was saying you could have a cancerfor a while, and chemotherapy would treated a while and then stop. and i did not know why until
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genomics explained that it could mutate. like with an antibiotic will become resistant, it is a bit like that. the drug can stop working on the cancer. you can understand why people who have a horrible disease and might want —— be facing treatment might want to know about this. some other people might not wa nt to this. some other people might not want to know if they are likely to face something like dementia down the line. how much information do think everybody ought to have? the line. how much information do think everybody ought to have ?|j think everybody ought to have ?|j think it should be down to personal choice for one. put it out there that there is various information available for the patient. there is not one size that fits all. for someone not one size that fits all. for someone like me, ifeel a bit more in control by part becoming part of the project. i equally understand
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there are patients that don't want to do it and i respect that. rather than forcing them, just give them some more information so they can go into it if they want, have professionals discuss it with them and then they can decide. how confident are you that this very personal information about you will remain private? that is a very good question. i think there is always a risk. i think there is a risk, however i have to be honest, touch wood, it is not something i am overly concerned about. i think the thing is, not every patient is going to wa nt thing is, not every patient is going to want to take part, for one. and a bit more communication between hospitals, gp surgeries, because
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sometimes there is miscommunication or no communication. very quickly, it costs £680 at the moment, that the cost is coming down. do you envisage that this will be standard within a generation?” envisage that this will be standard within a generation? i would not wa nt to within a generation? i would not want to guarantee it, but i would hope so. with nearly 33,000 out of the 100 genomes, the recruitment drive is doing very well. we still have a way to go. it would be nice. i don't work directly for genomics, so i don't work directly for genomics, soi i don't work directly for genomics, so i don't know. but it would be nice to look forward to that. thank you for coming in. in a moment a summary of the business news this hour but first , the headlines on bbc news: north korea claims it has successfully launched an intercontinental ballistic
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missile — in what would be a significant step forward in its weapons programme. south korea says a missile flew about 600 miles before crashing into the sea of japan. the mayor of london, sadiq khan, warns thejudge heading the grenfell tower inquiry that he must urgently improve relations with local residents amid claims they don't have faith in him. the high court rules that the human rights of a 16—year—old boy were breached after he was held alone in a cell for up to 23 and a half hours a day. in the business news: some of the self—employed should be entitled to the national minimum wage, according to the resolution foundation think tank. it says that about half of the 4.8 million people classified as self—employed are low—paid and earn less than £310 a week. as they have no chance to set their own wages they should be classified instead as workers, with wage protection. sainsbury‘s has said sales of clothes, summerfood and paddling
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pools helped speed up growth in the past few months. the uk's second biggest supermarket chain, which now owns argos, reported that like—for—like sales excluding fuel grew by 2.3%. demand for deals on british strawberries and its summer eating range also boosted grocery sales. the uk construction industry faces a slow down as projects are put on hold in the face of political uncertainty. construction companies are complaining that while building activity is almost at its highest level since 2015 new projects are harder to come by. the british graphics chip designer imagination technologies has posted a 19% increase in revenues results. but the results are overshadowed by its continuing dispute with its biggest customer apple, who announced in april that they are stopping using the chips. give us an idea of what the problem
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is. apple has been using the graphics ip in its iphones for many yea rs. graphics ip in its iphones for many years. and that is imagination's largest customer. apple has now informed them that in the next generation of iphones they will no longer be using imagination's illingworth to let your property or graphics design in those phones and theirfill graphics design in those phones and their fill will not be paying royalties any more. imagination seems to believe it will not be possible for apple to design a chip with graphics capability which does not impinge on their and design at all. and that is pretty much the source the dispute. but this has had such an impact on the business. i
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know revenues are rupp but it has had such an impact it may have to sell itself to another company. apple is over 50% of its revenue. that goes away, the company will be loss—making and will find it difficult to survive on its own. it has actually announced it is putting itself up for sale and has started that process a month ago. we will see what happens next. do people wa nt to see what happens next. do people want to buy it? i am of the opinion it is very valuable. there are people who would be interested because graphics is becoming important ina because graphics is becoming important in a number of areas, including self driving cars, ai, etc. the same goes for their processor. while they have lost apple they are still very well entrenched in some of the chinese smartphone chips providers. i think there will be interest in buying the asset. but something obviously went
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seriously wrong if apple decided they didn't want to use the asset. but something obviously went seriously wrong if apple decided they didn't want to use them any more. i think imagination lost its way a little a few years ago when it started spreading itself too thin. and perhaps it should have had more focus in its period, especially on its core business of graphics, and even the apple situation may have been a result of that. but it has new management in place since early last year and has been much more focused, and the results as you have seen focused, and the results as you have seen today are largely a result of that focus and a recovery which has started. but unfortunately that seems to be coming too late. your painted a picture of a company that has had a bad time, lost a major customer, but is back on track. why can't it survive on its own? the problem is that apple accounts for well over 50% of revenue. there could be a situation where it would gradually grow and compensate for the loss of revenue, but the time
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taken for that would be too long. in the meantime they would be making serious losses and negative capital. thank you very much. and in other business news: a system failure at the nasdaq stock exchange has caused the share price of some of the world's biggest companies to be set to exactly $123.47. this caused amazon's market value to fall by over 87%, while microsoft's share price soared by 79%. nasdaq says the glitch was caused by improper use of testing data. energy—rich qatar plans to increase natural gas production by 30% over the next several years, as it faces pressure from its neighbours in a diplomatic crisis. yesterday saudi arabia and three other arab states gave qatar an extra two days to accept a list of demands or face further sanctions. and model toymaker hornby has rejected a takeover offer from its largest shareholder, phoenix asset management.
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phoenix launched a mandatory bid for hornby last month, after it bought a stake from another investor that gave it a 55% holding in the company. the offer, of 32.375p per share, values hornby — which also owns the scalextric and airfix brands — at £27.4 million. a quick look at the markets. all of the markets are down but not seriously. that's all the business news. thank you very much. nearly 700,000 children in england are living in families described as "high risk" according to a new report. the children's commissioner, anne longfield, also says many vulnerable young people struggle with abuse or mental health problems. it concludes that large numbers of children who need help are "invisible" to the authorities.
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caroline rigby reports. whether the victims of abuse, living in unstable households or dealing with mental health problems, there are many reasons why young people could be deemed vulnerable. but the children's commissioner of england, anne longfield, says official data does not effectively record those at risk. she warns this means children are often invisible to the authorities and do not receive the support they need. today's report aims to produce an accurate picture of the scale of the problem. it found nearly 700,000 children live in high risk families. and, almost 30,000 live with adults receiving drug or alcohol treatment. 200,000 children are recognised by their local authority as having experienced abuse or trauma, and in almost 600,000 cases children were deemed so vulnerable the state had to step in to supply support or care. the fact of the matter is no—one knows at the moment how many vulnerable children there are. we have had 12 statisticians working over four months on the best data available and this is the best
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estimate we can get to. but we also know, whilst the figures themselves are shocking, they are also the tip of the iceberg. the children's minister robert goodwill says support for vulnerable children is being given across the government, but says there is still more to do. caroline rigby, bbc news. the bbc is to spend an extra £30 million on new content for children over the next three years. the corporation says it's facing increased competition from companies such as facebook and netflix and it wants to offer more online choice for young people. it's expected it that will include more video, blogs, podcasts, quizzes, games and apps. with me is billy macqueen the co—managing director of darral macqueen which produce shows including topsy & tim and the new series of teletubbies. thank you for coming in. we ought to define our terms. we use the word children and then we used the phrase
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young people. two different audiences. very much so. classic li i see it as under tens are children and then the bbc are chasing a group which are not having a lot of content specifically made for them. i think it is great that they going after the 12 to 16—year—olds and thatis after the 12 to 16—year—olds and that is an audience that really has learned to generate its own content. it goes on facebook, amazon, you tube, and knows what content it once and they build up their own scheduling. what is the most important aspects? is it how you watch something or is it the co nte nt ? watch something or is it the content? the heart of everything is good storytelling. in the uk has the most brilliant storytellers and actors and writers. so we are in a great place. i think the big change has come that families do not sit
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around the television for hours on end sharing programming. young people know how to access the content they want and they are watching it on their phone, on ta blets watching it on their phone, on tablets and ipads with their friends. it is not necessarily something happening in the sitting—room as it did in the 19805. could happen again? it still does with events. like strictly. but what we have to be aware of is i play was a huge success and kids like that, and it was that that net flicks used to build their system. we know the kids are really enjoying the way they can travel and negotiate content on things like amazon and facebook so it is really worth investing money so the uk can take another leap forward. an extra 34 million brings the total budget for children to something like a. it sounds a lot of money but when you
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compare it with something like amazon, it is not. and it is divided down. so the crown was a lot in itself. in terms of children it is a lot. the bbc invests robbery more than all the children's networks in the world in terms of infrastructure, in commissioning more ground—breaking programming and content, because they are not so commercially obsessed. when you talk about ground—breaking, packet tea dog, hugely popular, but not hugely expensive to produce. children still have that imagination that hooks into things. isn't that the trick? to find out what the next puppet is.
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topsy and tim was a huge hit for us and for the bbc. it was taking the lea p and for the bbc. it was taking the leap that it would be successful. hetty feather is really capturing eight and nine—year—olds. the bbc have to keep investing in the difficult stuff and the content that some of the big american partners do not invest in. what about people who say the bbc shouldn't chase audiences, should just do what it does and eventually audiences will come to them in a more traditional way, that chasing an audience is throwing good money after bad. the bbc created something very special with i player and net flicks has built £1 billion business on it. so i think if we have the technicians here who can build these new systems where kids can find their content, then we should take that because we have the writers, the artists, the
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actors, the musicians, to deliver great content, why not let —— why let north america flood us with their content. getting 12 and 13—year—olds interested in anything isa 13—year—olds interested in anything is a challenge. so once you have the technology working with you, how do you then persuade them of the co nte nt ? you then persuade them of the content? they have to be introduced to it somehow. it is about taking risks. bbc three is interesting in that it went off—line, it took a lea p that it went off—line, it took a leap of faith to try to imagine where young people would be looking for their content and different ways of supplying it. it works. i think it isa of supplying it. it works. i think it is a good move to try and create risky, edgy, good content, hard—hitting, factual, intriguing stories. they will play in and keep these 13, 14, 15—year—olds. you are
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optimistic. i think so. it is better than being told there are more cuts coming and you are shutting down i player and don't worry about the 16—year—olds because they will all be watching amazon or net flicks. it is worth investing, worth caring, because you could have another huge jump because you could have another huge jump forward like i player. thank you for coming in. time for a look at the weather. there is a real contrast with weather across the country, some glorious, some pretty miserable. you can see across north berwick and scotla nd can see across north berwick and scotland it is pretty grey. can see across north berwick and scotland it is pretty grey, overcast and rather chilly. the rate has been heavy, moving out of northern ireland, where we've seen an inch of rain, it is sitting across central and southern scotland and fridge in northern england as well. underneath the cloud and the rain and temperatures are struggling. at the moment only around 12 degrees. we have started to see 23 in the
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south—east corner where we have seen the best of the sunshine. but that is the exception to the story. quite a lot of cloud, across england and wales it is thick enough for rain. into the afternoon not much change, a glorious day through the northern ireland's and —— the northern isles and the final. underneath the rain it will feel pretty disappointing. and it will stay for most of the afternoon. slow improvement in northern ireland. rain by the end of the day. claridge start a thin break but at the same time we could see more cloud developing into the south—east. we are likely to see highs peaking at 24, perhaps 25. as we move through this evening the weather front sinks southwards but grinds to a halt across the north of england, scattering of showers to the south—west, but quite humid feel overnight. uncomfortable for trying to sleep. overnight lows of around 17. that is where we will see the
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rest of the sunshine through the day on wednesday. despite the weather front easing away, still cloudy endlessly to start with. slow improvement and certainly feeling better than today. a degree also warmerfor better than today. a degree also warmer for some so we better than today. a degree also warmer for some so we will see 14 to 18 degrees as the high, but in the south—east corner we could see 28, which is 82 fahrenheit. from thursday onwards we have the classic summer story of a couple of fine days before a thundery breakdown. the weather front moving through the channel could trigger some sharp thundery downpours. the showers will be hit and miss. some could escape them but if you catch them they could be quite heavy and cause travel issues. a few in the far north as well. take care. this is bbc news. the headlines. north korea says it has launched a missile which it claims is capable of reaching any corner of the globe. the mayor of london warns the judge heading the grenfell tower inquiry
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that he must urgently improve relations with residents after calls for him to quit. a conservative mp appears in court and pleads not guilty to falsely filing election expenses returns. the family of the youngest victim of the manchester arena bombing speak publicly for the first time on what would have been been her 9th birthday. we've lost everything we have, life will never be the same. also in the next hour, an unexpected outburst in the european parliament. european commission president jean—claude juncker is reprimanded after attacking meps for their poor attendance.
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